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maldigested

maldigested adjective: poorly digested. Also the simple past and past participle of maldigest.

Adjective

maldigested (not comparable)

  1. Poorly digested.
    • Grand Clément also speaks pointedly of the dyspeptic origin of a number of affections of the eye, especially those of an intermittent character, and traces their origin to the elaboration of toxic alkaloids, ptomanies, from the maldigested articles of food; and, from their absorption into the...1888, Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences, volume 3, page 131
    • It is important that the intestinal tract be cleaned out thoroughly so that the bacteria may be mechanically eliminated, the undigested and maldigested and putrid products removed and the mucus carried off.1911 September 1, “The Treatment of Summer Diarrhoea”, in Kentucky Medical Journal, volume 9, page 773

Also used as

maldigested is also the simple past and past participle of maldigest.

Origin of maldigested

From mal- + digested.

Questions about maldigested

What does maldigested mean?
Maldigested means poorly digested.
What part of speech is maldigested?
Maldigested is an adjective.

Words near maldigested in the dictionary

  1. maldevelopment
  2. maldevelopments
  3. MALDI
  4. maldifferentiation
  5. maldigest
  6. maldigested
  7. maldigesting
  8. maldigestion
  9. maldigestions
  10. maldigestive
  11. maldigests

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